1. Find some unsuspecting Windows user.
2. Take a screen shot of their desktop.
3. Set the screen shot as their wallpaper.
4. Hide desktop icons.
5. Set the start bar to auto hide.
6. Sit back and watch the unsuspecting user becoming increasing frustrated because they can’t click on the icons they think are there.
*evil grin*
A small announcement, this post comes from Lynsay, who is currently running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon on her laptop (well ok, running it off a live cd).
First time I’ve actually managed to get connected to the internet with Linux. Not that hard really- I was a worried that it would be difficult, purely because my ISP is AOHell.
Actually, I’m in the middle of trying to install ubuntu on my 2GB pendrive, rather than having it installed on my hard drive all the time.
I will keep you updated…
I was going to do a full review of Bryan Adams’ latest album ’11′ when it was release but unfortunatly I just didn’t have the time.
What I can say is that right now, the songs that stand out for me are Tonight We Have The Stars (upbeat and catchy), Oxygen (kickass solo), Mysterious Ways (I have no idea what it is about this song but it’s been stuck in my head- loving it), Walk On By and Way Of The World.
I know a lot of people are disappointed that it wasn’t the full, all out rock album they wanted. My personal thoughts right now are that it’s a mature, well-produced album with a slightly dark feel to it, a la On A Day Like Today.
Guess what, I’m going to see Bryan again on the 27th October 2008 at the Glasgow SECC. So I’ll see ya all there, right?
drained Music : I'm Goin' Down by Bruce Springsteen…no, I haven’t disappeared off the face of the earth. I can explain the lack of updates with one specific word : coursework.
Yes, I have have had a ton of coursework to do over the last few weeks including a software execution report (which incidentally, I didn’t do very well in but hey, I passed), an essay on the implementation of A-Life in Games (researched and wrote about Creatures and it got me full marks).
I can’t remember if I’ve mentioned it here before but, I’ve been working on a group project, implementing a complex database system with a web-based interface. The system was designed to hold details of two comic book series- 2000 AD and Judge Dredd Megazine. 5 team members, 12 weeks, 24 meetings, 18 database tables, 17,000+ words, 150 pages and countless discussions later, we were finally ready to submit. Phew!
Yesterday was the last day of term so I’m off on a 3 week break (can I hear a “woo hoo”?).
Ok, I still have a lot to do in the holidays- write a law essay, finish a website and build a small mobile application in ColdFusion but, I’m getting there.
Oh and apparently WordPress 2.5 has been released? What happened to 2.4? Have I been out of the loop so long that I totally missed 2.4?
uncomfortable Music : Come Together by AerosmithIf you don’t already know, I’m a huge fan of Bryan Adams. Actually, if you didn’t know that you’re either an idiot or an alien who has just landed from a distant planet.
New album is out this Monday- it’s called 11″. From the soundclips I’ve heard so far, it sounds fantastic! Top tracks to listen out for are Oxygen, Way of the World and Tonight We Have The Stars.
If you want to hear some clips, get yourself over to bryanadams.com. Go. Now!
stressed Music : Tonight by Bryan AdamsGot a bit of a problem here folks….
I’m using PHP and MS SQL Server 2005 to try and make an internet application. Right now, I’m trying to show 6 photo albums per page, then have a next button to show the following 6 and so on.
Seem to have hit a bit of a stumbling block though.
First of all, I tried a SELECT statement with a Limit clause, not realising that this feature ins’t supported my MSSQL. It’s MySQL only.
Following that, I tried the equivalent syntax for MS SQL which is the TOP statement e.g. $result=mssql_query(“SELECT TOP 6 * FROM Album “);
Of course that did actually give me the first 6 album records from the database however, it wouldn’t give me the next 6 and so on. Why? Because this function will only ever give me the top number specified.
After a wee bit of searching, I came across this post. This seems to state there is another way of doing it-
SELECT *FROM (SELECT ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY ID DESC) FROM LOG) WHERE Row >= a AND Row <= b
Attempting to give this a bash but have no idea what OVER actually does.
Any of you lot fans of Monty Python and World of Warcraft (….bet some of ya are still playing WoW right now).
If so, check this out.
tired Music : Animal by R.E.MUse it in conjunction with a piece of gauze to make a giant plaster.
Yeah, I’ve been wearing my Doc Martens again however, I still have a large hack running over my left ankle. Ordinary plasters kept falling off so I strapped my ankles up with duct tape then wore fuzzy socks and I was all set. Really!
Good new- Doc Martens feel like they are almost broken in 
frustrated Music : Zeta by Victims of ScienceFinally, I’ve gotten round to installing Thunderbird on this laptop (the Dell).
Only now, I’ve realised just how much I’ve missed it. Sounds like a sad thing to say about a piece of software.
It just seems to be much easier to use that Microsoft Outlook. Perhaps that’s because I used Thunderbird on my old laptop for about a year whereas I’ve rarely used Outlook for any great length of time. In fact, the last time I used it regularly was when I was at school and I left there in 2005.
Thunderbird is not without glitches. There still seems to be an issue with downloading mail from my hotmail account. Occasionally, it fails to connect to the hotmail server and displays and error message saying there are “negative vibes”. Right now, I’m beginning to wonder whether that is a problem with Thunderbird itself, or the actual servers.
Of course, you can also apply different themes to this wonderful email client- I don’t recall being able to do that in Outlook? Perhaps you can in the latest version? I’m just a little disappointed that the Futurama theme is unavailable for the latest version of Thunderbird. It was cool- the Planet Express ship would fly across the screen, acting as a staus bar whenever you sent mail. I’m currently using the Outlook 2003 blue theme, to match the theme applied in Firefox.
Everybody should go download this right now. It’s Free!
worried Music : Learn To Fly by Foo FightersYep, it’s that time of the year again: mad coursework rush!
In this month alone, I have a crazy amount of work to complete
Bye bye leisure time….
Actually, I’m trying to be organised so I’m already halfway through my software engineering issues report- it’s a case study of the use of artificial life in the Creatures series. I have it all planned out and I know where I want to go with this essay, I just can’t find the words! Never mind, 700 words already so I’m almost at the halfway point. Getting a little concerned that I might write too much like I usually do….
I’m gonna make a real start to my software execution report tomorrow so I’m getting there, slowly but surely!
stressed Music : Infiltrating Shinra Tower by Nobuo Uematsu
